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.\"    Manual: Driver Basics
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.TH "FLUSH_WORKQUEUE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
flush_workqueue \- ensure that any scheduled work has run to completion\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ flush_workqueue('u
.BI "void flush_workqueue(struct\ workqueue_struct\ *\ " "wq" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIwq\fR
.RS 4
workqueue to flush
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function sleeps until all work items which were queued on entry have finished execution, but it is not livelocked by new incoming ones\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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